Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c8.s8.13

c8.s8.13

Dr. B. B. LAL's geochronological studies indicate that the climate when the microlithic people occupied the site must have been comparatively dry and mild, after the last wet phase during which the laterite weathered, and dense forest existed in the region. This mild climatic phase was followed by a period of increasing aridity, and violent wind activity so that the habitation layers were covered with wind-blown sand.⁴⁰